Cormac McAdam (born December 1968) is a former

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

er who played as a goalkeeper for Lisnaskea Emmetts and the Fermanagh county team. Nicknamed "Cat", he

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

ed his county to an All-Ireland B Football Championship in 1996. '' The Irish News'' described McAdam as "arguably Fermanagh's finest-ever goalkeeper". McAdam also played for

Donegal Boston Donegal Boston GFC is a Gaelic football club which was founded in 1988 in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston is the second largest division of the GAA on the North American continent, after New York. They train on Malibu Beach, Dorchester. Among ...

. In February 2007 while working with his plastering company he fell from a height breaking his back and became confined to wheelchair. He is married to Christine and they have three children.

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Living people Donegal Boston Gaelic footballers Fermanagh inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football goalkeepers 1968 births {{Fermanagh-gaelic-football-bio-stub